Status of metal contamination in surface waters of the coastal ocean off Los Angeles, California since the implementation of the Clean Water Act

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4304-4311

  Smail, Emily A ^a   Webb, Eric A ^a   Franks, Robert P ^b   Bruland, Kenneth W ^b   Sañudo Wilhelmy, Sergio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CLEAN WATER ACT; COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS; COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL WATERS; CRUSTAL LEVELS; DISSOLVED TRACE METAL; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; LOCAL FOODS; LOS ANGELES; ME-XICO; METAL CONTAMINATION; MODEL ORGANISMS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TOXIC METALS; TRACE METAL;

LEAD; PHYTOPLANKTON; SURFACE WATERS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; SILVER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED MATTER; ENRICHMENT; FOOD WEB; GLOBALIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SURFACE WATER; TOXIC MATERIAL; TRACE METAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ACT; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD WEB; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LOS ANGELES; METALS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 84859864746     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2023913     Document Type: Article

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